The latest removals are part of a broader government plan to evict about 75,000 families in a bid to transform Colombo into a South Asian business hub.
The Rajapakse government has sped up its drive to evict 66,000 families and clear large areas of the capital in order to benefit developers, boost tourism and transform the city into a business hub for the Asian region.
The Action Committee to Defend the Right to Housing has issued a call to all workers and young people, urging their support for the struggle to protect the homes of Colombo’s shanty dwellers against the government’s plans to evict 60,000 families.
As the government prepares to evict 66,000 families from Colombo’s shanties, the opposition United National Party is falsely posturing as a champion of the urban poor.
As opposition grows to the government’s plan to evict 66,000 families from Colombo’s shanties, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse has falsely claimed that alternative housing would be provided.
An action committee has been established in Colombo to fight against the Sri Lankan government’s plans to evict 66,000 impoverished families and to hand over the land to big business.
